IS IT TRUE? December 26, 2011
IS IT TRUE that there are only 6 days remaining until for the first time since January 1, 2004 that the Weinzapfel Administration is not in charge of the governance of the City of Evansville?…that these 6 days represent the last opportunity for this admitted opportunist to chart the spending course of the City of Evansville for as far into the future as executive orders and special meetings of elected officials like the Evansville Redevelopment Commission and the Evansville City Council will allow him to?…that even at this late time in the stages of this administration it will take diligence to stop last minute spending of a very bold proportion?…that on Wednesday one more such spending commitment is coming before the ERC for consideration?
IS IT TRUE that on Wednesday December 28th at 10 am in Room #307 of the Civic Center the ERC will convene to hear at least an idea and maybe as much as a full blown proposal to assign the contract that City Centre Properties LLC has with the ERC to turn the McCurdy Hotel into 80 – 90 apartments?…that it seems as though a knight on a white horse by the name of Randal Lloyd of Bloomington, IN is partnering up with Ben Kunkel of the Kunkel Group to offer the ERC an escape path from the labyrinth that they have built themselves into?…that this may actually be a good thing but that this incarnation of the ERC needs to remember the word VETTING and engage in a VETTING exercise with respect to assigning this project?
IS IT TRUE that the McCurdy at present is still in a state of default on its latest real estate taxes?…that in the real world that private homeowners and developers live and work in that real estate taxes have to be paid for a title to be transferred?…that liens on properties have to be released for titles to transfer and that a lien is recorded by 5th 3rd Bank on the McCurdy Hotel?…that to complicate matters even more that City Centre Properties holds a 40 year lease that is presumed to be “PAID IN FULL†since it is only $1 on the parking lot of the McCurdy Hotel?…that yes this is the one that the City of Evansville paid $603,000 to buy so they could lease it out for $1 for 40 years?…that prior to any serious discussion about what can be done going forward these three things obstacles must be removed?
IS IT TRUE that if there was ever a project that is in a complete state of disarray that the McCurdy is it and that a last minute ratification of a presumed quick fix or a smoke and mirrors trick that grabs yet another headline for illusionary political purposes is yet another BALL AND CHAIN hoisted onto the Winnecke Administration and yet another middle finger right in the face of the people of Evansville?…that the ERC should listen and make full public disclosure of whatever is said on Wednesday and then make their recommendation to the next ERC if they wish to spend their last 4 days VETTING this new group to do so?
IS IT TRUE that this ERC has spent 8 years without recognizing or practicing basic VETTING techniques and that it appears as though we are all 48 hours from the potential approval of a $13 Million project to an UNTESTED and UNVETTED company for a project in downtown Evansville?
CCO: Do you have a copy of the CCP document ? Hard to believe that a development agreement like that is “assignable” ? I would think it would even expressly state ” not assignable” ?? Also, paying $ 800,000 up front to a party before they perform is just idiotic. Howver, paying $ 603,000 for a parking lot, and then giving them a 40-year lease on the lot for $ 1 . . . that’s some word which describes a state of the universe which is far stupider than idiotic. City Centre Properties should immediately convert that $ 603,000 lot into additional parking for the Arena, perhaps throw in free shoe shines, apple cider, etc. for free since they got a good deal.
Worth Repeating,—-someone posted this at one point in time,
“Napoleon had a Weinzapfel Complex”.
The current ERC is hopelessly incompetent, at best. Do the City a favor, cancel your meeting and resign so Mayor Winnecke can appoint real business people to the ERC.
JB…whereas I agree with you on the status of the current ERC, I do not believe only “business people” can run a governmental body. What it really takes is the conviction to do what is right for the people, not the string-pullers-in-chief.
Do not disagree with your point. However, the current ERC lacks the business smarts to run a lemonade stand in a heatwave.
This is a board made up of cronies and con-men. King John speaks so let it be is the decree as John waves the one finger salute to Evansville.
With all that has happened with the McCurdy fiasco and the new downtown hotel train wreck, the ERC would do every taxpayer in Evansville a favor and cancel this meeting and let the new mayor and his team make a decision on the McCurdy, since they are going to be dealing with the project. I compel the members of the ERC to do the right thing for once!
Amen!
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